A Chicago federal judge on Wednesday set an evidentiary hearing for December to investigate whether a trademark lawsuit against 100 online sellers was used to obtain a court order directing Amazon to transfer more than $711,000 in frozen seller funds, some of which the company says were already subject to unrelated restraints.
A Chicago federal judge on Wednesday set an evidentiary hearing for December to investigate whether a trademark lawsuit against 100 online sellers was used to obtain a court order directing Amazon to transfer more than $711,000 in frozen seller funds, some of which the company says were already subject to unrelated restraints.
A Seventh Circuit panel questioned Wednesday whether firearm silencers should be considered part of a constitutionally protected weapon or are merely optional accessories, as gun owners seeking to overturn Illinois' ban argued the devices improve firearms' functionality and protect users from hearing damage.
DraftKings Inc. urged an Illinois federal court to not reassign an Illinois man's personal injury action over his sports gambling addiction to a judge in the district overseeing a separate proposed class action challenging DraftKings' advertising practices, arguing they are materially different.
Multiple states asked a Rhode Island federal judge to enforce an order that barred the Trump administration from conditioning the receipt of federal emergency funds on whether the states aid in the enforcement of federal immigration policies.
An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday sentenced the former chief financial officer of a Chicago-area company's wallpaper business subsidiary to three years in prison for embezzling more than $1 million from the entity to purchase luxury items.
The tendency of generative artificial intelligence models to tell users what they want to hear can reinforce attorneys’ confirmation bias when testing the strength of arguments, and it can’t simply be prompted away — but a few practices can help mitigate it, says Michael Ott at Ice Miller.
The stunning collapse of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP is the talk of BigLaw this week, as those in the industry grapple with how the powerhouse Wall Street firm could implode so quickly.
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP leaders may have every reason to agree to an out-of-court wind-down, but dissolving such a storied law firm, which announced Wednesday it intends to shut down following an exodus of attorneys, is not as simple as a handshake among partners, experts said in interviews with Law360 on Wednesday.
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP and Baker McKenzie experienced data breaches last month as a result of social engineering attacks, according to notices submitted this week to the attorneys general offices in California and Texas.
Personal injury giant Morgan & Morgan PA has asked a Florida federal court for a preliminary injunction to block a Sunshine State bar rule that forbids celebrity endorsements in attorney advertisements.
